2017 Smart Growth Awards

2017 Smart Growth Partnership Awards

The Smart Growth Partnership has awarded Bermello, Ajamil & Partners and the Village of Palmetto Bay with the 2017 Smart Growth Excellence Award.

The winning project is the development of the Village of Palmetto Bay’s Downtown Master Plan and Downtown Urban Village Regulations. Both the master plan and the regulations were found to exemplify a municipalities commitment to creating a community that preserves and enhance their residents’ quality of life while helping to protect public health and the environment. Since adopting the new plan and the regulations in 2016, the Village of Palmetto Bay has plans for the development of 12 projects totaling 1,500 residential units and 462,000 square feet of commercial uses.

2017 Honorable Mention Awards were presented to BrowardNEXT and the Tri-Rail’s Pompano Beach Station and Operations Center.